Some systems were never designed at all
We see it constantly in Kissimmee: a sprinkler system installed by a builder's subcontractor on a deadline, or by a landscaper who "does irrigation too," with no design behind it. Heads in a grid regardless of the lot shape. Rotors and sprays mixed on the same zone. Beds and turf sharing valves. Pipe runs that take the longest possible path. The system technically waters — and technically has never worked right. No amount of head replacement or reprogramming fixes a bad layout. What fixes it is a redesign: keeping what is salvageable and rebuilding the rest around how the yard actually needs water.
Signs your system needs redesign, not repair
Persistent dry spots that survive every head adjustment and nozzle swap. Zones where half the heads are rotors and half are sprays. Areas the system simply does not reach — behind the pool screen, the far corner, the new addition's yard. Water bills far above neighbors with similar lots. A patchwork of repairs from years of different techs, each fixing symptoms. If two or more of these describe your system, you are spending repair money on a design problem — and a redesign usually costs less than another three years of patching.
What we keep and what we rebuild
A redesign is not a full replacement — that is the point. The mainline, the controller wiring, and the valve manifold location are often perfectly good and stay. What changes is the zone architecture: lateral lines re-routed to serve logical zones, heads repositioned for head-to-head coverage, mismatched head types separated onto their own zones, beds split onto drip. We produce a zone map before work starts so you can see the new design, and we trench only where the new laterals need to go. Most redesigns reuse 40-60% of the existing infrastructure.
The design process
We start with the yard as it is today — not the original plot plan, but the mature landscaping, the addition, the pool, the shed that now blocks three heads. We measure pressure and flow at the source to know what the system can actually deliver, then design zones around hydrozones: turf areas grouped by sun exposure, beds on drip, narrow strips on matched sprays. Each zone gets heads with matched precipitation rates, so the whole zone waters evenly. The controller gets a fresh program built for the new zones. When we are done, you have a system that was designed — possibly for the first time.
Living through a redesign project
A redesign is construction, and it is fair to ask what the experience is like. Most projects run two to four days: trenching and pipe work first (the messy phase — narrow trenches, soil staged neatly, work areas marked), then heads and valves, then backfill and restoration as we go rather than at the end. The system is usually partially operational throughout — we keep working zones running while rebuilding others. Noise is limited to trenching equipment during day hours. When we leave each day, the yard is left safe and passable. And the final walkthrough is unhurried: every zone runs, every head adjusted, every question answered before we consider the job done.
How it works
Design assessment. We map the existing system, test pressure and flow, and document every coverage failure. Redesign plan. You get a zone map showing what stays, what moves, and what is new — with a fixed written price. Rebuild. New laterals trenched, heads repositioned, zones re-valved, typically over 2-4 days. Programming. The controller is rebuilt around the new zones. Prove-out. Every zone runs with you watching; we tune until coverage is even.
What it costs
System redesigns in Kissimmee typically run $1,500-$5,000, depending on how much infrastructure is reusable and how many zones need rebuilding. A re-zoning of laterals with existing mainline sits lower; a near-total rebuild of the distribution sits higher. Prices vary significantly — every redesign starts with a free assessment and a detailed written plan with fixed pricing. We will also give you the honest comparison against full replacement, so you can see which is the better value.
Stop repairing a bad design
If your system has never watered evenly — not once, not ever — the problem is the design, and every repair dollar spent on it is a dollar that could have gone toward the fix. A redesign gives you the system your yard should have had from the start. Send the form for a design assessment.
The system you wish you had
Every homeowner with a badly designed system has imagined the alternative: heads that reach, zones that make sense, a lawn that waters evenly without constant fiddling. A redesign is that alternative made real — not a patch, not a workaround, but the system the yard should have had from the start. The difference in daily life is quiet but profound: no more hose-dragging, no more brown-spot anxiety, no more wondering what the water bill will be. Just a lawn that gets what it needs, automatically, season after season. If your system has never worked right, stop imagining and send the form.